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FC Dallas Injury Update

Caught up with FC Dallas head coach Schellas Hyndman on Monday morning while the reserves were training and the gaffer offered up some injury updates on several players.

F ERIC HASSLI (BACK)

Synopsis: Hassli’s back has been an ongoing issue for a good part of the season. Hyndman talks about how the French-born striker recent got an injection to help curtail his back spasms and also how improving his diet might serve him well going forward.

Hyndman verbatim on Hassli: “He’s had some back pain. He’s taken an injection to kind of calm everything down. It’s kind of a double-edged sword right now because he needs to get fit, he needs to be active and the more he works and the more active he is, the more his back hurts. I think he’s got to put himself in the situation where he is getting fitter and I think he’s got to be kind to himself by watching what he eats and then making sure he’s doing everything he can to relieve any additional weight or stress on his back.”

D UGO IHEMELU (CONCUSSION)

Synopsis: Ihemelu has of course missed the past 15 months due to a concussion suffered last May against Colorado. Hyndman merely reiterates what we all think about the affable former captain who has been stuck in a holding pattern in his recovery for well over a year now.

Hyndman verbatim on Ihemelu: “I think it’s just going to be a long-term process now. If we have one idea or one thought in all this, the one thought we have and don’t waver from is we want Ugo to be healthy. That’s out No. 1 priority. We’re not looking at winning games with Ugo. We’re not trying to put Ugo in the top 18 or the starting lineup as much as we’d love to have him. We all know that. Our only concern right now is Ugo’s health.”

M ANDREW JACOBSON (HAMSTRING)

Synopsis: Jacobson could be on the cusp of returning earlier than expected. He last played in the 3-3 draw with the LA Galaxy and looked quite dejected in the locker room postgame. An MRI the following day confirmed the hamstring issue that had sidelined him earlier in the year had indeed returned and he was expected to miss at least a month.

Hyndman verbatim on Jacobson: “Yeah, the diagnosis on him was four to six weeks. But last week when we came back from our trip, he said he felt remarkably better. So that’s a good sign we don’t hear too often. We’ll go through this coming week to see how he’s doing and the nice thing is we have this weekend off, so he could find himself back into the top 18 the following week.”

D ZACH LOYD (KNEE)

Synopsis: Loyd was also injured in the draw with Bruce Arena’s Galaxy. However, the news regarding his injury has been a bit harder to come by than it has been for the likes of Hassli and Jacobson. However, Hyndman did offer a timeframe for the Tulsa native’s return on Monday.

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